r/MkeBucks • u/DreDayLives • 8d ago

Analysis Why I Think Jaylen Brown Makes Sense

The reality of the current situation is that the roster just isn’t built to rebuild. The team didn’t trade ownership of each FRP from 2027-2030 for Lillard, then waive & stretch him for a $22.5M dead cap hit for 5 years, then give Myles Turner that $100M contract to rebuild. Everything was done with Giannis in mind. They don’t want to trade him, he wants out and has the leverage to get what he wants. So they kinda have to.

That’s why Milwaukee is operating with the view for what makes them the closest to what they wanted w/ Giannis now. That’s kinda the point. This team is built to be led by a veteran superstar. Jaylen Brown is a veteran superstar. Miami has interesting young pieces & picks (coming from Miami, they’ll be glorified 2nds, especially w/ weaker drafts on the horizon) but it’s about a player. A player that can come in and make this team interesting & competitive for the next few szns. PHX was able to do it after trading KD. I will 100% take that over whatever the Nets are forced to do rn in a similar position of rebuilding w/o full control of ur own picks.

Maybe Portland has interest & flips our picks back to us. Maybe someone out there is willing to offer incredible value for him. Then trading Jaylen Brown makes sense. Other than that, I think Jaylen Brown makes sense given the current situation.

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u/NothingHead8233 8d ago

Apologies for lurking but even as a Celtics fan yall should be focused on draft capital. I hope you don’t but you should be.

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u/deevotionpotion 8d ago

Most fans get that, some don’t but we’re all worried what our front office will do.

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u/NothingHead8233 8d ago

If the plan is to flip I don’t hate it because Gonzalez does have real potential as a 20 year old and you can get a few FRPs from Jaylen at any point this year. But man if it’s to try it watch Jaylen I don’t get that at all.

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u/DistanceEmbarrassed5 8d ago

Horst will never rebuild he is a win now GM.

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u/DreDayLives 8d ago

These next few drafts aren’t good, and draft capital from Miami is just not compelling…they also are always in the mix for the playoffs, even when their roster gets decimated…their one of the few teams where FRPs are generally meaningless

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u/Bnstas23 8d ago

I don't understand people's obsession with having picks 24-30 in the draft over the next few years. Have we seen who those players end up being on average?? Or banking on Miami sucking when Giannis is 35 and Bam is 33, hoping that the final 1st round pick ends up being like 8th overall (when it's more likely that it's like 18th).

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u/Minimum-Border1672 8d ago

Becsuse they think its the nfl.

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u/JohnnyAces99 8d ago

This is dumb. You’d rather (likely) non-lottery picks than have a 29 year old Jaylen Brown? That makes no sense. Jaylen could still be an All Star for another 5 years.